18 February 2010

China surges past Japan in supercomputing

One of the rankings we watch and cite regularly here at Japan HEO is the top500 list of supercomputers. In the latest rankings (published Nov. last year), Japan failed to place a supercomputer in the top 30. The highest rank for Japan is 31. Meanwhile, China gets one into the top 5. The US still dominates. Here is the top 50 list. See the link for the entire list.